Join The Solar Power Movement

First of all I need to let everyone know that I am about two fries short of a happy meal when it comes to having a good grasp of some types of information. When I was  tested through the local Workforce employment center to take some solar training back in the summer I had to make a grade of “GOLD” to qualify for the training.  Well I only got a “Silver” so I had to retake the low score tests again. That time I passed and was allowed to go through the week long training course.  At the end of the week we had a 100 question exam. Guess what! I failed. I only needed a 65 but I failed.  I had to wait until a couple of months later to retake the final exam again and this time I passed.

Which brings me to the BPI segment of this post. Again I went into training for a certification. The type of certification is such that I would be qualified to conduct a home or commercial energy audit. Complete with blower door test and evaluations of envelope recommendations.  It was a week crammed into a small hotel room with the instructor and 6 other students. Of course you can’t say that you understand the information you have to take a friggin’ test to prove it. So I took the first 100 question test and barely passed by just 2 points.  A couple of days later I took yet another exam and passed by ZERO. I mean you had to get 70 and I got exactly 70. I think it may have been rigged because they want a high pass ratio. I don’t know.  Now on the field test portion of the BPI training I did very well, 98 and 96.  So I will soon receive my certification documents in the mail and proudly display them with the other energy related certifications I have stumbled through and keep on trucking toward my own solar power business.

Are you reading this post because you want to be in  the solar business? It is very interesting but challenging.  It does require a good grasp of certain levels of math. Mostly how to convert volts into watts and watts into amps and so forth. What kilowatt hours are and what role they play in sizing a PV system.

I’m no expert yet, but I have come a long way in the past 16 months. You can too if you want it.   Thanks,

Stanley

Are you working on getting into the solar energy business? Leave a comment and if you have a good post about it I would be glad to let you use it here.

Later.

Stanley